• 58- Bring Your Daughter to Sacrifice Day

  • Dec 29 2024
  • Length: 13 mins
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58- Bring Your Daughter to Sacrifice Day

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  • Agamemnon is a family man. It's just a shame that family is also the answer to who needs to be put up on an altar. As the Greeks are loitering at Aulis before setting off for Troy, we watch the goddess Artemis announce that Iphigenia needs to sacrificed in order to placate her anger...


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